Town Planning Assessment Report · MCU26/0099

                                         boundary of an ecologically          AO4.4 - Complies
                                         important area; and                  The proposed house site has
                                      b) does not contribute to an            previously been partially cleared
                                         unacceptable level of illuminance    and levelled and the dwelling is
                                         on landward horizons along           located outside the mapped
                                         coastal areas and known marine       landslide hazard area. Appropriate
                                         turtle nesting beaches.              erosion and sediment control
                                                                              measures will be installed and
                                      AO4.4                                   maintained during vegetation
                                      Clearing of vegetation does not         clearing, earthworks and
                                      involve clearing that may cause or      construction to avoid hillslope
                                      contribute to hillslope erosion, bank   erosion, bank erosion, sediment
                                      erosion, or slippage.                   transport or slippage.




PO5                                   AO5                                     AO5 - Complies
Development is designed and           Development is designed and             The proposed clearing is localised
operated to maintain and enhance      operated to maintain ecological         and minor in the context of the
connectivity between and              linkages and maximise opportunity       approximately 29.64ha property
across ecologically important         for connectivity and the movement of    and the extensive vegetation
areas and connecting habitat and      fauna by:                               retained across the site and
support unimpeded and safe                                                    surrounding landscape.
movement of terrestrial and aquatic   a) ensuring protection of wildlife      Development is concentrated
fauna.                                   refuges;                             within and adjoining an existing
                                      b) maintaining vegetation in patches    disturbed area and will use the
                                         of the greatest possible size and    existing access track, avoiding the
                                         within the smallest possible edge-   creation of new roads or other
                                         to-area ratio;                       substantial physical barriers
                                      c) enhancing connectivity through       through retained habitat. The
                                         planting and rehabilitation works,   proposal will therefore maintain
                                         including across property            ecological linkages and
                                         boundaries, to areas of national     opportunities for safe fauna
                                         park, state forest or reserve;       movement through the site and
                                      d) avoiding the creation of physical    between adjoining vegetated
                                         barriers and safety hazards (such    areas.
                                         as roads, pedestrian access and
                                         instream structures) along and
                                         within the ecological linkage;
                                      e) providing mitigation measures
                                         such as wildlife movement
                                         infrastructure, fauna exclusion
                                         and directional fencing,
                                         underpasses/overpasses and
                                         traffic calming devices, signage
                                         and lighting; and
                                      f) where offsets are necessary,
                                         delivering offsets that support
                                         and enhance ecological linkages.


PO6                                   AO6.1                                   AO6.1 - Complies
The biodiversity and ecosystem        Development                             The proposed dwelling and
values of waterways, wetlands and     and clearing of vegetation does not     associated vegetation clearing is
adjacent riparian zones are           occur within:                           located outside mapped riparian
protected by:                                                                 buffer areas, wetland areas and the
                                      a) a riparian buffer area;              required setback to mapped
                                      b) a wetland area; or                   waterways. Accordingly, the



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